CVE-2019-15947 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

Published: 2019-09-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6848	In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00348.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947
https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861b
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18

History

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Subscriptions

Bitcoin Bitcoin Core

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-05T16:25:23.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:03:32.586Z

Reserved: 2019-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-15947

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-05T17:15:12.187

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:29:47.923

Link: CVE-2019-15947

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-312

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